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A Russian general has been killed in fighting around Kharkiv, Ukrainian intelligence has claimed, which would make him the second general the Russian army has lost in Ukraine in a week. The intelligence arm of the Ukrainian defence ministry said Maj Gen Vitaly Gerasimov, chief of staff of the 41st …

Journalist and activist, Agba Jalingo, has narrated how suspended Deputy Commissioner of Police, Abba Kyari, locked him up in a car trunk and drove him from Lagos State to Calabar, the Cross River State capital. The activist, in a statement on Monday, also hit operatives of the National Drug Law …

A young Nigerian man identified simply as Peter has been shot dead by operative of the Department of State Security Service, DSS. The deceased who is a military personnel was shot in the stomach by the DSS operative evem after he tried to defend himself by bringing out his ID …

ISWAP Fighters Attacks Boko Haram Members for Killing Commander No fewer than 30 terrorists have been killed in the North East, during a ‘fierce’ gun duel between fighters of Boko Haram and the Islamic State of West African Province, ISWAP, extremist sects, reliable sources have confirmed to PRNigeria. The incident …

More facts have emerged on how suspended Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP), Abba Kyari, was working in cahoots with drug dealers in the country for several years until his recent arrest. According to Thisday, a reliable source in the Nigeria Police Force, who preferred to remain anonymous, in a chat …

A Kenya Defence Forces (KDF) officer has been arrested after he allegedly killed his soldier girlfriend in Utawala area, Nairobi in a suspected love triangle, Newsextra24 reports. The slain KDF soldier identified as Esuron Phoebe Kaele was based at Modica Garisson, Garissa while his boyfriend identified as John Gitau lived …

There is heavy presence of security operatives at the Gani Fawehinmi Park in Ojota, Lagos where some youths proposed to protest for slain Bamise Ayanwole. The Lagos State Police Command on Monday, confirmed the death of Bamise, who went missing after boarding a Bus Rapid Transport (BRT) service on February …

Mr. Yomi Alliyu, a counsel to Yoruba Nation agitator, Sunday Adeyemo, popularly known as Sunday Igboho, has said his client was released on health grounds. The pioneer of Oduduwa Republic was released by the Government of Republic of Benin on Monday after about 231 days in detention. Shortly after the …

The Baale of Olowe Gbagura in Abeokuta North Local Government Area of Ogun State, Chief Akin Muheedeen, is said to have been burnt to death by yet-to-be-identified persons. This is coming one month after the Olu of Agodo, Oba Ayinde Odetola, was killed and burnt to death in Ewekoro Local …

Unknown Gunmen attacked a priest with the Enugu Catholic Diocese, Rev Fr. Bartholomew Nnanyelugo Chime and shot him in the leg, Newsextra24 Reports. According to Sources, the priest, who was ordained last December, was accosted by the hoodlums on Friday, March 4, while on pastoral work. Sources said after that …